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The Negaunee region served as the center of U.S. iron ore production from about 1880 until approximately 1900, when this role was taken over by iron mines on Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range. The Michigan Iron Industry Museum opened in 1987 close to the Carp River Forge site on the Carp River where Michigan iron ore was first forged in 1848.
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Negaunee (/ n ə ˈ ɡ ɔː n i / nə-GAW-nee or locally / ˈ n ə ˈ ɡ ɒ n i / nə-GON-ee) is a city in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,627 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ]
Wade Shows was founded in 1912 by Leander "Lee" Wade. [1] [3] The family-owned company began playing at small events in the greater Detroit area, first known as Imperial Shows, and later Joyland Midway Attractions after Lee Wade retired.
The towns of Ishpeming and Negaunee developed as a result of mining this deposit. A smaller counterpart of Minnesota's Mesabi Range, this is one of two iron ranges in the Lake Superior basin that are in active production as of 2018. The iron ore of the Marquette Range has been mined continuously from 1847 until the present day.
The original Negaunee depot burned in 1879. [2] This Negaunee depot was built in 1884 by the Marquette and Western Railroad as a freight and passenger depot. [ 3 ] After only a year of service, the entire line was bought by a competitor, the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad. [ 3 ]
County Road 492 (CR 492, Co. Rd. 492) is a primary county road in Marquette County, Michigan.The road serves as an alternate route between Negaunee and Marquette.Several historic sites line the roadway as it runs south and parallel to the main highway, U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) and M-28, through the Marquette Iron Range in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Negaunee itself was first settled around 1860, but development was haphazard until the village was first platted in 1865. These plats included what is now the downtown business district of the city. Also in 1865, the Chicago & North Western Railway was laid out, and soon connected Negaunee to other parts of the state. The railroad accelerated ...